Saturday, January 31, 2009

Bottle City of Kandor

Here's our Bottle City of Kandor. We've had it forever, and finally today Don added the little battery-powered lights that we bought at Ikea maybe ten years ago.


And here's the city without its bottle:



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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Arisia Update

Sigh. We have decided to stay home.

We were thinking of getting a rental car, but the prices were obscene: $500+ at every place we tried. Then Thomas realized that this is Inauguration weekend. Anywhere in the greater DC/Baltimore area, rental car companies can name their prices. And they're doing so.

Ah, well. We'll have fun at home.



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Analog and Eurovan News


In the March 2009 issue of Analog (the longest-running science fiction magazine in the world), Don appears as a guest book reviewer. The regular reviewer, Tom Easton, has retired; Analog decided to try out several guest reviewers before making the decision of which one would get the permanent gig.

The March issue of Analog should be on the stands now. You can read Don's review here.



In vehicle news, our beloved Eurovan (seen here being towed to the dealer in Louisville, KY) is still in the shop. We were hoping to have it done in time to drive up to Boston this weekend for Arisia, but alas that will not be the case.

Now we face a decision: should we spend the extra money to rent a car for the trip, or should we do the smart thing and stay home this weekend? It depends on how smart we want to be...and what effect our decision will have on other folks.



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